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About Somalwada Kalan Village

Somalwada Kalan is a mid sized village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 509, made up of 254 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.06 hectares hectares.

Somalwada Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somalwada Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Itarsi
Area (hectares) 162.06 hectares
Population 509
Male Population 254
Female Population 255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Somalwada Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Somalwada Kalan is the 77th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 162.06 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Somalwada Kalan

The census records public bus service for Somalwada Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Somalwada Kalan from other places

Somalwada Kalan lies about 18 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Gurra, about 2.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Somalwada Kalan
Nearest railway station Gurra 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Itarsi 11 km
Nearest town Itārsi 11 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 18 km

Villages closest to Somalwada Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Itarsi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Somalwada Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Somalwada Kalan village had a population of 509. That makes it the 77th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Somalwada Kalan village has 254 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somalwada Kalan has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Somalwada Kalan covers 162.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somalwada Kalan falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Somalwada Kalan is Gurra, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Somalwada Kalan.

Somalwada Kalan is about 18 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somalwada Kalan is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Gurra is about 2.2 km away. Itarsi is about 11 km away. Itārsi is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandai Himmat (under 2 km), Pahanbarri (1.8 km) and Rampur (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Somalwada Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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